Transcript Stem_and_Leaf_Plots

5.8 Stem-and-Leaf Plots
Standards: SDP 1.1, SDP 1.3
Objective: Use stem-and-leaf plots and
back-to-back stem-and-leaf plots
Stem
Leaf
Stem-and-Leaf Plot
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A display of data that
allows you to see the
way the data are
distributed. It places
data in increasing or
decreasing order.
1 1279
2 9
3 0358
4 1267
5 4578
Stem-and-Leaf Plot
1 127
9
2 9
3 035
8
4 126
7
5 457
8
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The STEM is
the first part of
the number, in
In the first group,
you have 11, 12, 17, this case it is
19
the tens digit.
The LEAF is the
second part of
the number, in
this case it is
Third stem, you
have 30, 33, 35, 38 the ones digit.
Second stem, you
have 29
Fourth Stem, you
have 41, 42, 46, 47 Stem-and-leaf
plots are good
Fifth stem, you have for making lists
54,55,57,58
of numbers
shorter and
more organized.
You try a stem-and-leaf plot.
Step 1: Order the
Numbers from
Least to greatest.
Step 2: Decide what
Your stems will be.
Step 3: Add the
Leaves in order from
Least to greatest.
Step 4: Include a
Key to explain what
The stem stands for
And the leaf stands
For.
Answer to the stem-and-leaf
plot.
Step 1: Order the
Numbers from
Least to greatest.
Step 2: Decide what
Your stems will be.
Step 3: Add the
Leaves in order from
Least to greatest.
Step 4: Include a
Key to explain what
The stem stands for
And the leaf stands
For.
Back-to-back Stem-and-Leaf
Plot
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A back-to-back
plots helps
compare two
sets of data.
Write one set of
leaves on the
left side of the
stem, and one
set of leaves on
the right side of
the stem.
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10 1 1 2
9 5 2 11 4 6 9
8 5 3 12 4 5 5
7 7 1 13 9 9
Back-to-back Stem-and-leaf
Plot
Back-to-back answer
Practice
Answers